Senior Design Engineer – Tankless Water Heaters

Elkay; Downers Grove, Northern (IL, KY); On-site; USD 96,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) matching

Employee stock purchase plan

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

Vacation up to 3 weeks

12 paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Annual bonus eligibility

Educational reimbursement

Matching gift program

Job summary

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation in Downers Grove, IL seeks a Senior Design Engineer to lead mechanical/electromechanical design for Intellihot tankless water heaters, boilers, and related products. You will design heat exchangers, build and test prototypes, and drive manufacturing processes with hands-on system integration.

The role requires strong Creo skills, 7+ years in heating/equipment design, and experience with heat exchangers, thermal transfer, and HVAC components.

Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineer degree or equivalent.
• 7+ years of experience with PTC Creo.
• 7+ years designing 3D models, drawings, and specifications.
• Experience with Heat Exchanger design.
• Experience with thermal transfer.
• Hands-on experience building the entire system.
• O-rings, piping, sheet metal, casting, and machining techniques.
• HVAC industry exposure is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and evaluate mechanical/electromechanical products, equipment, systems, and processes to meet program requirements by applying engineering principles, including detailed analysis as appropriate.
• Design and develop new heat exchangers, and modify existing heat exchangers.
• Investigate system malfunctions or anomalies, identify the root cause and corrective actions, and provide technical information to justify conclusions.
• Identify, develop, and manage select suppliers with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Oversee assembly, test, integration, operation, maintenance, and repair of products to ensure they perform to specifications.
• Using PTC Creo, design and create water heater/boiler/HVAC components, assemblies, fixtures, and parts 3D solid geometry models.
• Distill system requirements into component and subsystem requirements.
• Specify system component requirements or modify existing products to ensure conformance with engineering design intent and performance specifications.
• Generate engineering drawings with geometric dimensioning and tolerances. These drawings should be suitable to support the machining and manufacturability of the components.
• Interface with suppliers and external contractors
• Develop and implement manufacturing processes. For example - BOM, assembly drawings, routers, quality control, etc.
• Become familiar with appliance design, HVAC components, O-rings, piping, sheet metal, casting process, and machining techniques.
• Build and test prototypes, new products, fixtures, or assembly processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Mechanical design

3D modeling

PTC Creo

Heat exchanger design

Thermal transfer

Hands-on prototyping

O-rings

Piping

HVAC knowledge

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

PTC Creo

Job description

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation in Downers Grove, IL seeks a Senior Design Engineer to lead mechanical/electromechanical design for Intellihot tankless water heaters, boilers, and related products. You will design heat exchangers, build and test prototypes, and drive manufacturing processes with hands-on system integration.

The role requires strong Creo skills, 7+ years in heating/equipment design, and experience with heat exchangers, thermal transfer, and HVAC components.